Global Patent Index - EP 1833001 A1

EP 1833001 A1 20070912 - INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD USING DOT PATTERN

Title (en)

INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD USING DOT PATTERN

Title (de)

INFORMATIONSEINGABE-/-AUSGABEVERFAHREN MIT EINEM PUNKTMUSTER

Title (fr)

PROCEDE D'ENTREE/SORTIE D'INFORMATIONS UTILISANT UNE IMAGE TRAMEE

Publication

EP 1833001 A1 20070912 (EN)

Application

EP 04807968 A 20041228

Priority

JP 2004019613 W 20041228

Abstract (en)

A quadrangular or rectangular area on a medium surface of a printed material and the like is defined as a block. A straight line in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction nuclear along an edge of the block is defined as a reference grid line. A virtual grid point is placed at a predetermined interval on the reference grid line. A reference grid point dot is placed each on a virtual grid point on the horizontal reference grid lines. A straight line connecting the reference grid point dots and virtual grid points on a vertical line is defined as a grid line. An intersection point of grid lines is defined as a virtual grid point. A dot pattern is generated by arranging one or more information dots having a distance and a direction on the base of the virtual grid point. An optical reading means is used to scan the dot pattern into image information. Then, the dot pattern is converted into a numerical value, and the information corresponding to the numerical information is read from a storage means and output.

IPC 8 full level

G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06K 7/1417 (2013.01 - EP US); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1833001 A1 20070912; EP 1833001 A4 20111102; AU 2004326049 A1 20060706; AU 2004326049 B2 20110818; BR PI0419251 A 20071218; CA 2592596 A1 20060706; CA 2592596 C 20150519; CN 101091185 A 20071219; CN 101091185 B 20100609; HK 1113419 A1 20081003; IL 184106 A0 20071031; IL 184106 A 20110331; JP 3858052 B1 20061213; JP WO2006070458 A1 20080612; US 2008043258 A1 20080221; US 2013020386 A1 20130124; US 8237983 B2 20120807; WO 2006070458 A1 20060706

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04807968 A 20041228; AU 2004326049 A 20041228; BR PI0419251 A 20041228; CA 2592596 A 20041228; CN 200480044758 A 20041228; HK 08103413 A 20080327; IL 18410607 A 20070621; JP 2004019613 W 20041228; JP 2006521329 A 20041228; US 201213566637 A 20120803; US 79417404 D 20041228